Son just got back from bird hunting with dh last week. He shot his first quail!


Here is is showing the bird to little brothers who of course were so excited and proud of big brother. The next day little guy was holding the play rifle and had the orange hunting hat on practically all day.

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Pearly's Quilt

Last year, my 2 daughters (then 17 and 9) joined me at a Block of the Month quilt club. These are the blocks my 9-yr old and I did. I cut and she pieced her squares together. I added my 12 squares to her squares so that she could make a quilt for her bed.

She is beginning a new sewing class at the homeschool co-op and will take these squares to try to complete the quilt by adding borders. It will be fun to see this project completed!

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Infant Sweater UFO

Here's a baby sweater I started a few years ago and left unfinished. I'm on a mission to finish the UFOs. It's an easy Sirdar pattern. Still trying to figure out the best way to hold the yarn in back and keep them from tangling, though. This will be a 12-month size baby sweater when finished.

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Finished the two socks to match the infant hat. It wasn't too difficult to knit two socks at once using the Magic Loop method. The heel was challenging. At one point, I ended up putting some stitches on a stitch holder until I could line everything up properly, but it all worked out. I will definitely try it this way again. It's great to have 2 socks completed at the same time and know that they are the same length!

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Two Socks on One Circular Needle

With each new project, I like to learn a new technique. It's much easier learning new techniques on baby items for me because they are much smaller and less to rip out. Here I am attempting to knit two socks on one needle using the Magic Loop method. I'm not following any book, but it seems to work. If I can get the heel okay, I will definitely continue this method. It's easy to lose track of rows and make one sock larger than another when you are knitting one at a time.

These socks will hopefully be the right size to match the little infant hat I made earlier.

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Pearly Girl

Another year for the Pearly girl. She's 11 now, loves music (piano, flute, and recently violin).


She's also enjoying playing volleyball for the first time this year.

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Infant Socks

Here's a pair of infant socks just completed using Blue Moon Soft Rock 100% Superwash Merino, colorway: Marbles. It will be fine for either sex. I'm hoping to make another infant hat to match, if there's enough yarn. Used Size 1 needles, gauge = 8 sts p/inch.

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Completed Infant Hat

Finished the new infant hat for our baby. I love it. I am going to make socks to match.

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Music to My Ears

Our son (15 yrs) has been playing the guitar for a couple years. He had a teacher for about a year and has been progressing on his own since. H (18 yrs) didn't want to miss out on the action, so she's been trying to keep up with little brother. Here they are playing duets together. They sound great, but of course, I'm a little unbiased.

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I realized that I hadn't started anything for our new baby. We don't know the sex, so white is the perfect color. It will be a rolled rim with i-cord top. I think this one will fit our new baby. There has not been one hat from hospital that has fit my big babies - they stay on for about 10 seconds and slip off!

I'm using Ann Budd's hat pattern from her Handy Book of Patterns. It's such a great book!

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Baby Poncho - more progress

Baby poncho - it's been a while since I have updated on the baby poncho. Frankly, it's taken a lot longer than I had hoped, but I'm getting closer to completion - just about 5 more inches. I am sure hoping that when I block it, it will be be wider. The cables seem to shrink up the width.

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Visitors in our yard this morning . . .

We had visitors in our yard this morning.



Mommy


and her baby!

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Getting ready to celebrate a birthday

Big brother waiting with little brother to get his birthday cake.


I'm three now! Bunny picked carrot cake for his birthday and put his own candles on the cake.

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Made a bunch of new pillow cases for the kids. This little guy loves horses.

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Oversized Booga Bag

Oversized Booga Bag

Okay, a knitting entry has been long overdue, but here is the 2nd Booga Bag I have knit. I made it quite a bit larger than the pattern and added a pocket in the front. The measurements before felting are 17 x 20-inches. I will post the "after" pictures and felted measurements soon. The coloring is correct in the top picture. Something was funky about the lighting in the other picture.

Made with Galway yarn: The bottom is 60 stitches across for 20 rows. Bottom and top wide navy stripe = 13 rows, green stripes are all 17 rows, thin navy stripes = 3 rows. I-cord is 7 feet long.

Pocket is 30 stitches across, 46 rows. After finding center, I picked up one leg of each stitch for 30 stitches, then joined new yarn.

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Pure Sweetness

Recent picture of our baby boy who is almost 3!! The expression says it all :)

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Berry, Berry Good!!

Oregon is known for its wonderful berries. We picked 24 pounds of raspberries.



My 10-yr old daughter helped me make pies. We ended up making 4 raspberry pies, 2 raspberry/blueberry pies, and 2 blueberry pies. Oh, did I mention we picked 110 pounds of blueberries? The berries literally fell into our hands as we tickled them from underneath a cluster. We only spent 2 hours of picking and our freezer is loaded with them! We will use them for muffins, smoothies. coffee cakes, pancakes during the year.

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4th of July Camping Trip (dh & 5 kids)

Mt. Bachelor

Dh took the kids (except the baby) to Sparks Lake, near Mt. Bachelor in Oregon over the 4th of July weekend. The first couple nights were very cold - down to 32 degrees. (so glad I didn't go!). Here are some pictures of their trip.


South Sister - one of many volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest.


The girls in front of the South Sister.


The boys in front of Broken Top.


Big brother so happy to greet baby brother upon return!

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Family Trip to Seaside, Oregon

A normal dreary day at the Oregon Coast.


Doesn't get cuter than this!


Trip to Seaside, Oregon.

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Happy Birthday to me! I turned 41 on yesterday. Here's my daughter working on fresh boysenberry pie for my birthday dessert! It was delicious.



"Must you?"

My 15-yr old son, made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy for dinner. It was such a wonderful dinner.



The kid responsible for my wonderful fried chicken dinner.


Here was my big present - no, not the echinacea, the camera that took the picture of the echinacea! It's a Canon D20 - it ROCKS!! I'm thrilled with it. No more wasting film for me.

But I have to admit, the gift that touched my heart the most was a card from my 15-yr old son. Here's what the card read inside:

Dear Mommie:
I hope you had a great birthday. It was a great compliment when you asked me to make fried chicken. I'm glad I was able to help make your birthday dinner a good one. My gift to you is Spitz Sunflower seeds. Whenever you want some sunflower seeds, just ask me and I'll get them. I'll buy 10 bags of them total. Keep this card and put a check for each bag I buy you. Thanks for being a great Mom. Love, J

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